Me 2007-07-03 In and out of Desolation (Wilderness)
July 3rd, 2007Steve was ready before I was and after a proper breakfast of cereal, milk and *fresh strawberries* I was kindly driven back to Echo Lake and set loose on the PCT. I thought I’d see Blue Sky and her parents today but they must have been on a side trail as I whizzed by. I pushed on like crazy so that I could make tomorrow shorter and get to Truckee at a reasonable time. Getting up to Dicks Pass was like being in the high sierras again. Lake Aloha was gorgeous. A chilling blue colour set against speckled granite and dotted with countless islands it was just begging to be swum in, but it was too early and too cold for me.
The only PCTer I saw was Rest Stop and he was able to give good info on the whereabouts of a few people.
I made Barker Pass, 32 miles from Echo Lake, within 13 hours of setting off and took a photo by the sign to prove it. Dinner was short and sweet and now I’m up on the ridge with a view across Lake Tahoe. I was told by a south-bounder there’d be fireworks in Squaw Valley, but that’s 10+ miles away and here will do quite nicely. I think I can hear something exploding over the hill though.
More photos of this day’s journey can be found at Sonora Pass to Donner Pass
Distance today: 32.8 miles. Total distance: 1126.3 miles
July 6th, 2007 at 9:01 am
we were hoping to see you too, but never did! we pulled off at Middle Velma Lake to have a lengthy lunch break – that’s probably where you passed us. all in all, I heard from some southbound section hikers that we got passed by about 25 PCTers without noticing! funny…